Mr. George A. Hacker

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  Published on: 9/28/2006    Last Visited: 10/3/2006  

  George Hacker, director of the Alcohol Policy Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) recently talked about the growing concern that alcohol ads are reaching teenagers though the Internet.Hacker called voluntary age registration "a farce" that lets alcohol advertisements draw teenage crowds.
  
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  Published on: 5/27/2009    Last Visited: 10/11/2009  

  There's a simple reason why, according to George A. Hacker, director of the Alcohol Policies Project at the Center for Science and the Public Interest.
  
  "One needs to look at the depth and breadth at what is loosely called the alcoholic beverage lobby," he said. "You want to be very careful before you take them on."
  
  Hacker noted the opposition's well-funded efforts across the country that have included concerned liquor store owners, truck drivers, restaurant owners and, of course, "Joe Sixpack."
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  And Hacker found that fewer than 20 percent of drinkers consume the vast majority of 21.6 million gallons of beer sold in Rhode Island in 2007 (the most recent data available from the state Division of Taxation).

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  Published on: 8/28/1996    Last Visited: 10/25/2008  

  Contact: George Hacker, ext. 343
  
  CSPI TO DISTILLERS: REJECT TELEVISION ADVERTISING
  
  The Center for Science in the Public Interest has called on leading American distilled-spirits producers and distributors to continue respecting the industry's longstanding, voluntary ban on television liquor advertising. In a letter to the companies' chief executives, CSPI urged that they not follow the lead of the Seagram Company, which broke the 48-year ban in June by launching a month-long advertising campaign for Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey on the NBC-TV affiliate in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  
  The Director of CSPI's Alcohol Policies Project, George Hacker, pointed to government data reporting high levels of alcohol consumption and substantial alcohol-related problems among high school students. Hacker advised the companies to "help keep the youth-oriented television medium off-limits to liquor ads that can lead only to a greater saturation of the airwaves with seductive messages that encourage drinking."

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  www.natlconsumersleague.org/news/2009/alcohol_policies_ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/23/2009    Last Visited: 7/14/2009  

  George Hacker, Director of CSPI's Alcohol Policies Project, said: "TTB has had a comprehensive response to its haphazard rulemaking to develop labels that will be helpful to consumers in measuring and moderating their alcohol consumption.

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  Published on: 3/24/2008    Last Visited: 3/24/2008  

  George Hacker is director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's alcohol policies project, an organization trying to get not only the marketing but also the beverages themselves banned.Hacker argues the ingredients present health risks in addition to promoting a false sense of alertness by mixing things like caffeine and alcohol.
  
  On the marketing side, Hacker said some brewing companies' Web sites have included youth-targeted slogans such as, "You can sleep when you're 30."
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  "The First Amendment's a pretty big obstacle there, particularly because the Web is essentially unregulated," Hacker said.
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  "The fact that we are targeting these beverages relates to marketing, packaging and labels," Hacker said."It's quite different from a rum and Coke and even a Red Bull and vodka."

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  Published on: 5/15/2000    Last Visited: 3/5/2007  

  George Hacker202-332-9110 ext 343
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  George A. Hacker, director of the Alcohol Policies Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, had the following comment about the decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to include alcoholic beverages as "known to be a human carcinogen" on the National Toxicology Program's list of cancer-causing agents.

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  Published on: 4/29/2007    Last Visited: 5/1/2007  

  Since March, it has received a small gusher of media attention, most of it originating with vehement critics who have charged that it is an attempt to attract under-age drinkers, called for legal action against Anheuser-Busch and labeled Spykes ,liquid lunchables., George Hacker, who oversees the alcohol policy project at the Center for Science and the Public Interest, lists several ways Spykes might appeal to young people: sweet flavors (Hot Chocolate is one), the promise of a caffeine boost, the easy-to-conceal size, the ,cute, packaging.

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  Published on: 1/25/2008    Last Visited: 1/26/2008  

  "These labels should benefit consumers, not industry," said CSPI alcohol policies director George A. Hacker.
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  Hacker said that the TTB's proposal to allow alcohol content to be listed in fluid ounces is a concession to liquor companies, while the beer industry has been the major opponent of listing alcohol content in the Serving Facts panel.CSPI also opposes including fat and protein information on alcohol labels, noting that few alcoholic beverages actually include these ingredients.
  
  "While it's good news that the Bush Administration has begun a rule-making on alcohol labeling, it's a shame that it's proposed a confusing scheme that advances the public relations objectives of the industry more than it does the public's health or the convenience of consumers," said Hacker.

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  Published on: 11/12/2003    Last Visited: 11/12/2003  

  George Hacker, director of the CSPI's alcohol policies project, said college administrators who are trying to cut down on underage drinking on campus can't look the other way when it comes to beer ads during televised college sports games.
  
  "University officials are selling their students and other young fans to beer marketers, and at the same time their greatest concern on campus is alcohol problems," said Hacker."They lose a great deal of credibility," he added.
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  Hacker charged that beer marketers are clearly targeting underage drinkers, a point which the alcohol industry took issue with.
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  Hacker said the NCAA basketball tournament in 2002 had 939 beer ads -- more than the Superbowl, World Series, college football bowl games and NFL Monday Night Football combined.

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  Published on: 9/11/2008    Last Visited: 9/12/2008  

  "Either this patently offensive ad campaign survives or self-regulation of beer advertising survives, but not both," said CSPI alcohol policies project director George A. Hacker.
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  "MillerCoors has reached new levels of irresponsibility in its marketing of caffeinated alcoholic beverages that put young people at risk for serious health and safety problems," Hacker wrote to MillerCoors CEO W. Leo Kiley.

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